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So much of the general maintenance stuff has been needed for a long time. I hope new attractions come, but there was so much that needed repaired there.

That is exactly what I hope, a refresh would help a lot. Mind Eraser absolutely needed it worse, but Ride of Steel is right there too now. If they're not going to bring back the Superman theme I'd be fine if they even changed the color scheme, it just needs to be well taken care of. Unfortunately I don't think the park has any interest in running 2 trains on anything and that kind of boggles the mind.

I'm glad someone else was thinking it. It felt rougher this year than last for me also, I wondering if it's something off with the wheels or train setup this year. Still fine, but absolutely more rattly throughout the ride

Looks like a great addition to replace some old slides. I'll miss the old ones, but that's just because I grew up with them. I can completely acknowledge that they never have lines anymore (especially the old body slides), so this will be a great update.

Is it a refurbishment of the one that was off track last year then? I was told it was brand new, but it's entirely possible the person who told me just made an assumption.

Went to Darien Lake for opening today, I was on the first public train out for Mind Eraser, it's very rideable now, in fact I got right back on. It felt very smooth, there are still some goofy transitions, but it was fun and one of the smoothest rides in the park now. I was bugging a supervisor at Ride of Steel about getting the trains from SFA and he said there's a new train coming this summer (which would be great) MotoCoaster was down (what's new) Predator has a new purple train, based on what I heart it's a brand new train for this year, not a refurbishment of some other train. The blue train was on the transfer track. I didn't ride Predator because it wasn't open by the time I left.

I'd be really happy if it's true. I choose to be optimistic.

That would be big news. I haven't heard that from anywhere.

Probably not until they eventually paint the coaster also. It would be great if they did it this year or next year, but really who knows.

I enjoy camping, but if I'm going camping to enjoy camping I want to be in the woods, not in a field next to an amusement park, but that's just me. Maybe they hope people from a distance will think it's close enough to Niagara Falls to make it worth a stay. I thought that deal was odd when I saw it too.

Darien Lake indicated that they would do "a track profile make - over", but when I was there last year I didn't see any track come off or any new pieces come in, just a lot of power-washing and painting (there may be a lot more than what I saw however). If I had to guess I'd assume it's just repair, painting and new trains. I'll probably be there early in the season and can report if it's any better, it previously tracked horribly.

Based on what I've seen it looks like they may stick with the Mind Eraser name

I live in Erie, it's nuts here currently. I do always enjoy seeing Waldameer post pictures when we get a storm like this though.

Great addition and a new entry for Waterworld will be a huge improvement in the flow of the park

The Paratrooper news makes me wonder if they are going to change the entry into Water World, that's the first think I could think of when I heard they were moving that ride. It will be interesting to see what they do there.